CA State Assessments

CUSD - California State Assessments

CAASPP

The CAASPP System (California Assessment for Student Performance and Progress) is the state assessment system, which replaced STAR in 2014-15. The assessments are summative assessments, however all the data is used to inform instruction based on students' strengths and needs.

Science - California Standards Test (CST)

Though CA is transitioning to the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), a new assessment based on these standards will not be ready until approximately 2017-18. Until then, federal mandates requires that CA continue to test students in science.

Tested grades: grades 5, 8, and 10 (life science)

CUSD students in grades 6, 7, and 8 fully transitioned to the NGSS in 2013-14. CUSD is transitioning to NGSS for grades K-5 and 9-12.